Page 47 of Spending Forever With You

Hollis, you just told Johnni you didn’t feel right writing about them?

And I didn’t, but since I was leaving tonight, I would get back to my normal routine, doing whatever to get the story.

I had no time to properly set it up and prayed it was a clear shot since I had seconds to get it done, nice and easy. I went for my phone to get a picture when Cami grabbed my arm, putting my focus back on her.

Fuck! I was so close.

“Auntie Holli, here comes Uncle Deacon!” When he approached us, I saw the surprise in his bright brown eyes as a smile graced his fine ass face.

Ugh, did you just check him out and call him fine, Hollis? What the fuck!

“Hey, Hershey.” He leaned in, placing his arm around my waist, kissing my lips gently. I hated how much I needed the familiar feeling of us after stressing about him all day.

Need is strong, heffa, especially since he’s the cause of the fucking problem.

“Hey, congratulations on the win. We enjoyed the game, baby,” I said, letting him know we had an audience.

“Ooh shoot, I got a celebrity appearance by Cami Rushton.” He stepped out just enough to do their handshake while keeping his arm around me.

Cami laughed. “I’m not a celebrity, you are. My teammate Darius didn’t believe me when I told them you were my uncle. I told him I’ve known you my whole life and that you’re married to my Auntie Holli. He didn’t believe that either. He said no one sees y’all together.” While Luke laughed, my brow dipped in as I frowned, curving my mouth.

“And I hope you told him to mind his business. You never see his daddy but he claims he got one,” I said with an extra amount of sass.

“Hershey, chill yo, it’s a kid,” Luke said as he chuckled lightly, kissing my cheek.

“Anyways, let me take a picture of you here then to prove your case. You don’t have to lie about nothing you say because why?”

“Because I’m that girl! And we fact check and print receipts over here.”

“Period!” I hyped her up as she hit her middle finger and thumb together, clocking it.

“Oh my gosh, is this what I have to look forward to with our daughter?” Luke said as he led us down the hallway where the team’s logo was painted on the wall.

“Hell yeah, especially when it comes to keeping her name clean of bullshit ass lies. Now go get next to Cami, please and thank you,” I said as I gently pushed him in front of me where Cami stood posing.

The whole exchange happened so fast that it took me a minute to realize what he said.

Our daughter.

If only.

“Okay, now pose like her uncle and not like Luke Deacon, please. We gotta make this look good.”

“Baby, I am Luke Deacon though. Who else am I supposed to be? Just take the picture, Holls.” That had Cami giggling and me blowing a sigh.

“No, you’re Uncle Deacon. Now get in position, time is ticking and we ain’t got all night.” He shook his head, kneeling on one leg, propping the other up so Cami could sit on it.

“Yes, perfect,” I said, snapping a couple of pictures.

“Now let’s go. Cami, I have to get you home.” She whined.

“No, Auntie. Can I stay with you tonight, pretty please?” I thought about it since I was heading to the condo, but knew Luke didn’t know that, so I had to tell her no.

“No ma’am. I’m not in the condo, remember? I promise we’ll do a girls’ night soon, just you and me.”

“And Minnie too! She’s a girl now.” Luke chuckled as he grabbed my hand so we could head out.

“Cami, Minnie has always been a girl. What are you talking about, girl?”